<VV> re:48 mpg VW diesel...no Corvair

[Mike Kost]

I've been real happy with my Duramax over the last 2 years and the price 
of diesel has finally been lower than gas for the last couple of months. 
One thing I noticed is that the new (1/1/07) ultra low sulfur fuel 
doesn't give as good mileage as the previous fuel. With todays gas I'm 
not sure my Monza 140/4 gets much better mileage than my 2500HD 
Silverado either around town or on the highway and the premium costs 
20-40 cents more per gallon than diesel. I normally get 17-18 on the 
highway and 14-16 around town with the diesel and my son gets 12-14 
around town with my Corvair.

Mike Kost

ChiefTAM at aol.com wrote:
> There wasn't a great deal of interest in the VW, but the main reason that  VW 
> quit bringing them to the US a bit ago was the new 2007 diesel pollution  
> standards.  Everyone, including MB had to reformulate them for the new  standards 
> and low sulpher fuel.  It will be great to get them back in the  US market, 
> with the high fuel prices, maybe all the manufacturers and the  American public 
> will catch on.  Of course, with more diesel vehicles, that  will cause the 
> oil companies to raise the price of diesel even more.  That  I don't understand, 
> since diesel costs less to refine than gasoline.  I  owned two VW diesels in 
> the past, and now diesel trucks.  I would by  another one in a heartbeat, 
> especially if they bring in the  supercharged/turbocharged models.  A friend just 
> bought a new bluetec MB  320 diesel, what a fantastic car and engine, and the 
> VW Toureg with the V10  turbo diesel would be a great SUV.  
>  
> Corvair content, at least my Monza gets better mileage than the Powerstroke  
> F250!
>  
> Todd in Texas (Where pickups are King and meant to be  diesel!)
>